What was the primary objective of the Fugitive Slave Act?

Fugitive Slave Act and Abolitionist Responses

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1.
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To allow Northern states to keep runaway slaves
To free all slaves in the Southern states
To return escaped slaves to their Southern owners
To abolish slavery in the United States
2.
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How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect free African Americans in the North?
They were given more rights in court
They could be falsely accused and sent to the South
They were allowed to testify in their defense
They were protected by Northern laws
3.
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What role did abolitionist communities play in resisting the Fugitive Slave Act?
They helped enforce the law
They supported the slave catchers
They protected fugitive slaves
They ignored the law
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What was the significance of the vigilance committee in Boston?
They were a group of Southern sympathizers
They helped slave catchers find fugitives
They organized resistance against slave catchers
They enforced the Fugitive Slave Act
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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How did William and Ellen Craft manage to escape from slavery?
By disguising themselves and traveling to Boston
By hiding in a ship to England
By seeking help from Southern abolitionists
By using the Underground Railroad
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What was the impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin on Northern readers?
It swayed many to support the abolitionist movement
It had no significant impact
It was banned in the North
It discouraged them from supporting abolition
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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How did Southern states react to Uncle Tom's Cabin?
They embraced it as a truthful depiction
They banned and burned the book
They ignored its publication
They used it to promote slavery
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